The most memorable symbol of Obama is a fraudulently-produced poster about “hope.” The lawsuit over the image goes back to 2009. Obama’s been too busy narcissistically admiring his own image to apologize for this blatant act of fraud; his acolytes haven’t fessed up either. Have you heard anything about the falsehood of the Obama “hope” image?

Americans are now seeing the fraudulence of Obama’s “hope” message as his presidency has given people little to be hopeful about — $16 trillion in debt and 8.3% unemployment. Not surprisingly, Fairey’s motivations in “creating” his now-widely-known ‘Hope’ poster included both greed and politics:

… Prosecutors had told U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas in Manhattan that Fairey had “both an ideological and financial motive” to alter evidence in his favor after basing his poster on one of the AP’s photographs. They said he did so over several weeks, engaging in behavior that “cannot be dismissed as remotely impulsive or the product of a moment of bad judgment.”

“This was not a mere failure to preserve documents,” the government wrote. “This was the intentional destruction of evidence and the intentional manufacture of false evidence. The defendant knew exactly what he was doing when he created the fake documents and sought to destroy the deleted documents.” …

… The complex nature of symbolic forms, items and events (and slippage between them) means that at least in regard to political symbolism an obviously important characteristic is that of mutual recognition. While the interpretation of meanings may differ between individuals and contexts, symbols nonetheless contain many elements that are commonly understood, irrespective of the value judgment that is placed upon the meaning … across disparate populations. …

It is time for Americans to throw the meaningless and hollow “hope” and “change” platitudes aside, get informed, get involved, and vote for a Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan ticket — a ticket with substance — to get the great United States of America back on track as a proud, strong, prosperous, and free nation.